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Missiology: Evangelism and Missions
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Title: Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World Author: Richard Bauckham |
This engaging study provides a new way of looking at Scripture--one that takes seriously the biblical idea of mission. Richard Bauckham shows how God identifies himself with particular individuals or people in human history in order to be known by all. He is the God of Abraham, Israel, and David and, finally, the one who acts through Jesus Christ. Bauckham applies these insights to the contemporary scene, encouraging those involved in mission to be sensitive to postmodern concerns about globalization while at the same time emphasizing the uniqueness of Christian faith. In doing so, he demonstrates the diversity of Christian faith around the world. This book will be rewarding reading for pastors, lay readers, and students of Scripture, mission, and postmodernism.
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Muslims and Christians at the Table |
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Title: Muslims and Christians at the Table: Promoting Biblical Understanding Author: Bruce A. McDowell |
In clear, engaging prose, McDowell and Zaka outline who Muslims are and where Christians and Muslims agree and disagree on revelation, the Bible, God, Jesus, sin, and a life of faith; and offer practical suggestions to promote mutual understanding, friendship evangelism, and studying the Bible together.
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Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Mission |
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Title: Let the Nations Be Glad! 2d ed.: The Supremacy of God in Missions Author: John Piper |
Piper's must-read plea for God-centeredness in evangelization points to worship as the church's ultimate goal and proper fuel for outreach.
Piper's Let the Nations Be Glad! has provided thousands of missionaries, pastors, and church leaders with a biblical basis for missions. Piper now offers a revised and expanded tenth anniversary edition of this sound, readable, and passionate defence of God's supremacy in all things.
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Title: The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative Author: Christopher J.H. Wright |
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that mission is bigger than that. There is in fact a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission.
Beginning with the Old Testament and the groundwork it lays for understanding who God is, what he has called his people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God's mission, Wright gives us a new hermeneutical perspective on Scripture. This new perspective provides a solid and expansive basis for holistic mission. Wright emphasizes throughout a holistic mission as the proper shape of Christian mission. God's mission is to reclaim the world and that includes the created order and God's people have a designated role to play in that mission.
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Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns |
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Title: Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns Author: D. A. Carson (Editor) |
This thoughtful book provides cultural analysis, probes some of the most important turning-points of biblical theology, describes the experiences of those who are proving fruitful in contemporary evangelism, and exposes readers to those who are thinking hard both strategically and practically about reaching the postmodern world.
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Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission |
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Title: Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission Author: Dean Flemming |
To provide a model for today's missionary efforts, Dean Flemming examines how the New Testament authors - particularly in Acts, Paul's letters and the Gospels -contextualized the gospel for particular cultures and/or communities.
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Title: Soul-Winner: How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour Author: Charles H. Spurgeon |
This classic book by England's master preacher provides valuable insights on the meaning and methods of evangelism for everyone from seasoned preachers of the Word to laypeople who feel the call of the Great Commission upon their lives.
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Common Grounds: Conversations About the Things That Matter Most |
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Title: Common Grounds: Conversations About the Things That Matter Most Author: Ben Young, Glenn Lucke |
In this thought-provoking work, a Southern Baptist, a non-practicing Catholic, and a nonbeliever all meet a retired seminary professor who becomes their Socratic guide to explore Christ's teachings.
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Dictionary of Mission Theology |
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Title: Dictionary of Mission Theology: Evangelical Foundations Author: John Lorrie, Samuel Escobar & Wilbert Shenk (Editors) |
A benchmark for mission theology, this text will prove essential for church leaders, teachers, students, and missionaries worldwide. More than 160 contributors reflecting a variety of global contexts explore missiological implications of central Christian doctrines, challenge traditional views, and weigh new perspectives. Learn how the 21st-century church can creatively integrate evangelism, liberation, healing, and justice.
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The Gospel and Personal Evangelism |
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Title: The Gospel and Personal Evangelism Author: Mark Dever |
Evangelism is not only misunderstood, it is often unpracticed. Many Christians want to share the gospel with others, but because those Christians don' t grasp the fundamentals of witnessing, they feel intimidated and incapable of sharing the truth of the gospel. Yet those believers fail to recognize that God has already established who and how we are to evangelize. In The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Dr. Mark Dever seeks to answer the four basic questions about evangelism that many Christians ask: Who should we evangelize? How should we evangelize? What is evangelism? Why should we evangelize? In his answers Dever draws on New Testament truths and helps believers apply those truths in practical ways. As readers understand the fundamentals of evangelism, they will begin to develop a culture of evangelism in their lives and their local churches.
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